Finger ring



Feb. 21; 1933. w G PATT 1,898,263

FINGER RING Filed May 3, 1930 Patented Feb. 21, 1933 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE WINFIELD C. PATT, OF GRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 L. G. BLFOUR H COMPANY, OF ATTLEBORO, 'MASSACHUSETT A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FIN'GER RING Application filed May l3, 1930. Serial No. 449,647.

My invention relates to finger rings and specifically to what are called assembled seal rings, such as are used for class and fraternity rings and the like.

Rings of this type are characterized by a Crown Comprising a rectangular, oval or Circular stone having superimposed thereon a metal monogram, escutcheon or like insignia and are commonly made in two forms, made up rings and assembled rings.

The made up ring in its usual form has a stone secured by prongs or a flange to the Crown of the ring, the metal insignia plate being secured to the stone by means of pins carried by the plate which enter pre-formed holes in the stone and are secured therein by cement or by upsetting the ends of the pns.

The assembled ring as commonly made has a hollow casing at the Crown with the insignia plate formed as an integral openwork top for the casing or inserted as a separate plate under the topof the casing. The stone is inserted in the casing through an opening in the side or bottom thereof and secured in place by a bent over flange or flanges or by a soldered retaining plate.

The assembled ring has the advantage that the requirements of the trade as to various colored stones can be provided for by a relatively small stock of bands. (the most expensive part of this type of ring) and has the special advantage in connection with the fraternity that a standard form of band can be used fora number of different fraternities and the stones inserted to meet the individual requirements.

The assembled ring has the very great disadvantage that all constructions heretofore known to me indicate clearly the assembled Character of the ring: and in addition have stone retaining means such as bent over flanges, soldered retaining plates and the like which make it impractical to display these rings in their assembled' form because of the labor of changing the stones and more particularly because in the case of flanges, with white gold and other brittle golds now popular, much bending results in cracks which soon destroy the flanges.

In addition the assembled ring as heretoforemade has the disadvantage that the insigma if made integral with the casing or secured within the casing has' required special dies for its production whereas with the. f'

made up ring the insignia has been the same used for class pins, watch charms and the like and made with the same dies.

An object of my invention therefore is to vprovide an assembled ring closely simulatingin appearance a made up ring.

further object of my invention is toprovideV an assembled ring in which the parts may be quickly assembled in their Vpermanent relation and quickly disassembled.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel securing means for holding the parts in either temporary or permanent assembly.

A further object of my invention is to pro- Fig'. 2 is a plan view of the assembled ring.

Fig. 3 is a plan'view of the insignia plate and frame.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the band member of the ring with the stone and the insignia plate and frame removed.

' Fig. 5 is a section on line A A showing the parts assembled.

Fig. 6 is a section on line A-A of Fig. 2 showing the parts assembled and secured.

In the drawing:

1 is a ring band which may be of any desired Character. i

2 is the Crown portion of the ring.

3 is a stone fitting within the crown portion 2.

4 is a frame fitting upon and forming a top for the crown 2.

5 is an insignia plate spanning and secured to the frame 4.

The Crown 2 has a platform 6 upon which the stone 8 is adapted to seat. This platform of Fig. 2

also has preferably an opening 8 to permit inspection of the back of the stone in the assembled ring. Surrounding the platform 6 is a flange 9, preferably formed integral therewith, and forming therewith a recess to receive and retain the stone 3.

Projecting from the top of said fiange 9 are securing lugs 10, two being shown upon each of the longer sid'es of said fiange and preferably formcd integral therewith.

The frame 4 has a continuous depending wall member 11, this wall being of dimensions and configuration to closely fit within the fiange 9. The juncture line of the fiange and frame is inconspicuous due to the close fit of the frame in the fiange and also due to the reflections from the bright metal of which vthese parts are commonly forined.

The wall 11 has a plurality of recesses in its upper outer surface, there being one recess for each of the lugs 10 on the fiange 9. The lugs closely fit the edges of the recesses and the inner walls of the latter have a slant at but a slight angle from the `Vertical (as shown at 14) so that the lugs may be positioned therein by a slight pinching or pressing rather than an actual bending of the lugs over the frame.

Spanning the top edge of the wall 10, preferably from one short side to the other, is the insignia plate 5. This is preferably stamped from a separate sheet of metal and secured at its ends to the top of the wall 10 by solder or other suitable means.

The stone 8 is preferably given a conveXed top surface as at 15 whereby it fits closely under the plate 5 and gives a simulation of being directly mounted upon the stone.

The jewelry salesman to make up a tray of rings for display at a particular fraternity, takes the necessary number of bands to fill the tray and inserts in each a stone of appropriate color for that particular fraternity and a frame carrying an appropriate insignia plate. By pinching the lugs into the recesses he secures the ring in assembled relation with sufficient permanence to withstand the ordinary handling of selecting and trying on the rings. VVhen a ring has been selected and before placing it 'in the ring box in which it is commonly delivered to the purchaser, the salesman with a plier o'r other tool firmly presses the lugs against the inner walls of their respective recesses and thus secures the ring in permanent assembly. It will be noted that by my construction the rings can be displayed to prospective customers in completely assembled form but there is no acute bending of the lugs until actual sale and delivery of the ring.

Should all the rings in the tray not be sold to a particular fraternity, the insignia frames and stones are removed and Stones and insignia frames appropriate to another fraternity to be Visited substituted therefor and the tray filled up with additional assemblcd rings.

My construction therefore permits the jewelry salesman with but little labor and a relatively small stock investment to make full tray displays of assembled rings at each fraternity Visited. This full tray display of completed rings is important in the vending of eXpensiv-e merchandise such as jewelry as it permits the salesman to have a constant check upon the merchandise in the hands of the prospective customers.

VVherever in this specification the word *insignia has been used, it is to be understood as referring to escutcheons, monograms or any similar ornamental device.

l/Vherever the word *stone has been used, it is understood to include pieces of celluloid, enameled metal, or plastic or equivalent mav terial. w

VVhat I claim is:

1. In a finger ring or the like, a crown, said crown comprising a platform and an upturned fiange, a removable stone resting on said platform and fitting within said fiange, an open frame surrounding the stone and also positioned within the fiange, bendable lugs on the fiange co-operating with recesses in the frame to detachably secure the frame to the flange, and an insignia bearing plate spanning and secured to the upper portion of the walls of saidv frame.

2. In a finger ring or the like, a recessed crown, Aa removable stone fitting Within said crown, a frame surrounding the stone and also fitting Within said crown, upstanding bendable lugs on said crown and co-operating recesses in said frame, said lugs fitting the Walls of said recesses to detachably secure said frame to said erown.

3. In a finger ring or the like, a crown having a Vertical, peripheral flange, integral lugs extending from the upper edge of said flange, a frame fitting said flange and having shallow recesses in its outer walls to receive said lugs, the inner walls of said recesses having a direction at a slight angle to the Vertical, whereby said lugs can engage said walls and secure said frame to said fiange without acute bending of said lugs.

4. In a finger ring or the like, a crown having a platform and a peripheral, Vertical flange, a removable stone resting on said platform and fitting within said flange, a frame surrounding the stone and positioned within said flange, an insigniaplate secured to and spanning said frame, upstanding integral lugs on the upper edge of said flange, and co-operat-ing recesses in the outer wall of said frame, said recesses having inner walls extending at a slight angle to the Vertical to permit said lugs to grasp said frame without acute bending of said lugs.

WINFIELD C. PATT. 

